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Date:      Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:43:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Larry Anderson <laander@megsinet.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Horrible Zip Drives...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904261543460.6951-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000349395859f084_mailit@megspo.megsinet.net>

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On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Larry Anderson wrote:

> I know this has been beat to death but I have tried everything I can find
> that "works" for someone.  Here is my problem.  I use the following commands
> to format an ATAPI zip drive for UFS:
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwfd0 count=2 (succeeds OK)
> disklabel /dev/rwfd0 | disklabel -B -R -r wfd0 /dev/stdin (succeeds OK)
> newfs /dev/rwfd0c
> and it fails with:
> write error: 196607
> newfs: wtfs: Input/Output error
> 
> I have reformatted the zip disk several times in DOS and tried different
> ways in FreeBSD to attempt to get a UFS filesystem on it.  The zip disk
> works fine in DOS, fine mounted as DOS in FreeBSD, but i can't get it to
> format UFS.  Can anyone tell me what might be the problem, or do I just
> suffer with FAT filesystems.

Did you try a new disk?  It appears that one is defective.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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